A New Approach for Estimating Rock Discontinuity Trace Intensity Based on Rectangular Sampling Windows by Xiaoxue Huo, Qiong Wu, Huiming Tang, Zhen Meng, Di Wang, Yuxin Liu, Shiyu Li

“…The probability of each trace appearing in the sampling surface is different since discontinuity orientation has a scatter and is probabilistically distributed, so this factor should be taken into account in trace intensity estimation. …”
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Adaptive features of winter triticale accessions from the VIR collection by N. Sh. Garaeva, S. N. Ponomarev, M. L. Ponomareva

“…The study and breeding-oriented assessment of the material were based on conventional breeding techniques and carried out according to the guidelines approved by VIR with minor amendments. …”
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Cordycepin Decreases Compound Action Potential Conduction of Frog Sciatic Nerve In Vitro Involving Ca2+-Dependent Mechanisms by Li-Hua Yao, Hui-Min Yu, Qiu-Ping Xiong, Wei Sun, Yan-Liang Xu, Wei Meng, Yu-Ping Li, Xin-Ping Liu, Chun-Hua Yuan

“…Cordycepin has been widely used in oriental countries to maintain health and improve physical performance. …”
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Stable Field Emissions from Zirconium Carbide Nanoneedle Electron Source by Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin

“…In this study, a single zirconium carbide (ZrC) nanoneedle structure oriented in the <100> direction was fabricated by a dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB-SEM) system, and its field emission characteristics and emission current stability were evaluated. …”
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Enhancement of antibacterial activity through phyto‐fabrication of silver nanoparticles with Ficus thonningii aqueous extracts by Dickens A. Ondigo, Were L. L. Munyendo, Dickson Andala, Apollo O. Maima, Josephat M. Mosweta, Kevin W. Odhiambo

“…The surface, shape and topographical features were shown by Scanning Electron Microscopy as spherical orientations. An enhanced antimicrobial efficacy was displayed by the nanoparticles (inhibition zones of 26.1, 24.1 and 15.2 mm from 11.5, 10.6 and 6.5 mm) for Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyrogenes and Escherichia coli, respectively, compared to Flucloxacillin standard that was in the ranges of 21.5, 23.5 and 25.7 mm. …”
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Morphometric Analysis of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Ventricular Cardiomyocytes: Determining the Maturation State of a Population by Quantifying Parameters in Individual Cell... by Harvey Y. S. Chan, Wendy Keung, Ronald A. Li, Andrew L. Miller, Sarah E. Webb

“…In addition, cells treated with isoproterenol alone exhibited a similar level of myofibrillar organization as the controls, but those treated with oleic acid with/without isoproterenol exhibited a more organized (parallel) orientation of myofibrils. The combined isoproterenol/oleic acid treatment also resulted in enhanced intercalation of mitochondria between the myofibrils. …”
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Peculiarities of Nostalgic Experiences of Women in a Pre-Trial Detention Center by G.A. Vartanyan, E.L. Soldatova, M.V. Likhanov, K.V. Bartseva, E.Yu. Tsvetkova

“… <p style="text-align: justify;">The purpose of the study is to study the peculiarities of women&rsquo;s nostalgic experiences in a situation of isolation. 78 women in a pre-trial detention center were studied using the following methods: WHO nostalgia questionnaire, author&rsquo;s nostalgia content questionnaire, Big Five BFI-2-S, dark triad, WHO5 well-being questionnaire, method for diagnosing subjective well-being of a person, test of life-meaning orientations, an anxiety questionnaire and a method for diagnosing crisis symptoms. …”
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Enhancing visible luminescence in sprayed-ZnO nanostructure through Cu doping by Fatima Zohra Bedia, Asma Bedia, Sidi Mohammed Bedia, Nabila Maloufi, Michel Aillerie, Khadidja Rahmoun

“…XRD and Raman measurements confirmed that the CZO thin films exhibit a polycrystalline wurtzite structure with a preferential 101̄1 orientation. The role of defects influencing the luminescence behavior of CZO films in the visible spectrum was investigated. …”
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Investigation on high-temperature creep behavior at 300 °C in laser-welded joints of a novel heat-resistant Al alloy of Al–12Ce-0.4Sc by Jie Ning, Chao Feng, Linjie Zhang

“…The proportion of soft orientation in the Schmid factor for the base material was greater than that for the weld in its as-welded state. …”
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Scale-free topology optimization for software-defined wireless sensor networks: A cyber-physical system by Ru Huang, Xiaoli Chu, Jie Zhang, Yu Hen Hu

“…The multiple-factor-driven virtual force field and network division–oriented particle swarm algorithm are introduced into the deployment strategy of super-node for the implementation in wireless sensor networks topology initialization, which help to rationally allocate heterogeneous network resources and balance the energy consumption in wireless sensor networks. …”
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Biaxial Equatorial Solar Tracker with High Precision and Low Consumption: Modelling and Realization by Hicham Bouzakri, Ahmed Abbou, Khalil Tijani, Zakaria Abousserhane

“…The solar tracker is a mechanism that helps the photovoltaic panel to maximize its performance, while keeping it oriented towards direct solar radiation. In order to specify tracking, most solar trackers use two axes, one horizontal and the other vertical, which implies an increase of the consumed energy and a decrease in precision, since we have to make both motors operate simultaneously. …”
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3D Printed Multi‐Cavity Soft Actuator with Integrated Motion and Sensing Functionalities via Bio‐Inspired Interweaving Foldable Endomysium by Zhonggui Fang, Shaowu Tang, Yinyin Su, Xiaohuang Liu, Sicong Liu, Juan Yi, Zheng Wang, Jian S. Dai

“…Performing elongation, contraction, and bidirectional bending, the McFI actuator senses its spatial position, orientation, and axial force, based on the kinematic and sensing models built on multi‐cavity pressures. …”
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Nanocrystalline Porous Hydrogen Storage Based on Vanadium and Titanium Nitrides by A. Goncharov, A. Guglya, A. Kalchenko, E. Solopikhina, V. Vlasov, E. Lyubchenko

“…Particles themselves consist of randomly oriented 10–20 nm nanograins. Grain boundaries also contain nanopores (3–8 nm). …”
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Verbal Encoding Strategies in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory by Joana Pereira Seabra, Vivien Chopurian, Alessandra S. Souza, Thomas B. Christophel

“…English-speaking participants performed a working memory task with orientation and location stimuli, followed by a separate naming task featuring the same stimuli. …”
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Gypsum heterogenous nucleation pathways regulated by surface functional groups and hydrophobicity by Yan-Fang Guan, Xiang-Yu Hong, Vasiliki Karanikola, Zhangxin Wang, Weiyi Pan, Heng-An Wu, Feng-Chao Wang, Han-Qing Yu, Menachem Elimelech

“…., functional groups) serving as anchors to facilitate the growth of vertically oriented clusters. Conversely, hydrophobic surfaces involve bulk nucleation with ions near the surface that coalesce into larger horizontal clusters. …”
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Associations between Scattering Screens and Interstellar Medium Filaments by Ashley M. Stock, Marten H. van Kerkwijk

“…We searched for ISM counterparts to all scintillation screens for which absolute distances and scattering orientations have been measured—a sample of 12 pulsars and 22 screens. …”
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The stressed state of the Earth’s crust in the Altai-Sayan mountain region: reconstruction based on the modified algorithms of the cataclastic method by @Rebetsky, Yuri L., Sycheva, Naylya A.

“…Based on the modification of the MCA algorithm, stable orientations of the axes of the principal stresses were obtained. …”
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Crochet increases attention through a requiring motor skill learning by Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Cristina Muscio, Dunja Duran, Deborah Bonfoco, Sara Dotta, Paola Anversa, Elisa Pellencin, Pietro Tiraboschi, Elisa Visani

“…Data revealed that crochet determined a significant effect (before, T0, vs after, T1, the crochet session) on reaction times (for all cue and stimulus types), improving alertness and orienting networks (but not executive control) only in the CRO group. …”
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Non-discrimination and equality in healthcare: guarantees of implementation in international law and Ukrainian legislation by Blashchuk T.

“…The author proposes a set of measures, including improvement of the legal framework, implementation of socially oriented programmes and development of intersectoral cooperation. …”
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Thermal Behavior, Local-Scale Morphology, and Phase Composition of Spherulites in Melt-Crystallized Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Films by Denis V. Anokhin, Dana S. Plieva, Martin Rosenthal, Andrei V. Churakov, Dimitri A. Ivanov

“…Synchrotron microbeam X-ray diffraction was employed to investigate the local-scale structure and solid-state phase transformation within individual spherulites of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). In thin, non-oriented films, PVDF crystallizes into α and γ-phases, forming distinct spherulitic morphologies: large, banded α-spherulites and smaller, irregular “mixed” spherulites dominated by the γ-phase. …”
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